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The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-02-11

Representative Ewart has made quite
a reputation in his championship of the
Railway Commission bill.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
Six Resolutions.

Rev. Elan Martyr was a wdower
with seven daughters, the oldest TWEEN
ty-siX and the youngest fourteen, so
you may imagine what lively house.
hold was the parsonage at Hampton
Mead.
The sisters were very affectionate to
each other and made the minister's life
pleasant, so he had no desire to look
around him for another wife, for he
enjoyed his home thoroughly.
Mr.. Martyr had been away on visit
to a neighboring parish for several
days, when one morning the daughters
at the breakfast-table received the fol-
lowing letter from him:
My DEAR DAUGHTERs- morning
married a widow with six children She is
"a good manager, but the children are very
unruly. | hope to be home on Saturday
night. Your loving father, ELAN MARTYR.
The CONSERVATION at the breakfast
table battles description. A sob broke
from Nelly; it was re-echoed at inter-
walls by her six sisters. They looked
at each other blankly, then around the
large and cosy room, taking prospect
i've farewell.
Over the sideboard hung full-length
portrait of the late Mrs. Martyr.
Gerty's eyes led the way to its contem-
plation; the six other pairs followed.
Gerty exclaimed:
"My poor mother!"
In different keys each voice repeated
the lament.
g shall at once 90 out as lady-help, -
said Gerty, taking, as the eldest, the
lead in declaring her intentions.
I" A lady-help!" echoed her sisters,
aghast.
" Yes; l am qualified for nothing
higher in the labor mart" she said, bit
terly. "My education ceased when she -
pointing to the deceased Mrs. Martyr
"died. Since then my only studies have
been the bodily needs of my family. /
shall never sit around at this board.n
g Poor Gerty!" sighed they all.
" And l." said Sophie, shall get
Cousin Tom to take me into st. Luke's
Hospital as nurse. Luckily for me,
like Gerty, my family and the village
have trained me well for my vocation
but papa will miss me when he has his
govt, | know" and that expectation
seemed to bring sudden consolation to
| SOPHIE anu gratlIlcallOn 10 tne OtnefS.
Then Nelly, her fathers favorite,
wiping away her tears with an angry
gesture, cried:
" Papa used to call me little Mrs. Fry
| think he was just prophesying, for I'll
apply to the prison to be made female
warder. Bill Jones-Burly Bill, you
know-has been often there, and he
says the female warders are quite ladies
and live by themselves"
Oh, Nelly!" they all exclaimed
" ii is such an ugly dress. Your hairs
all cut short and you have to wear big
keys at your side"
" | shall at any rate be useful" said
Nelly, loftily, " and not in anybody's
way" and she relapsed into tears.
In soft, deprecatory tone, Emmy
took up her burden.
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Literary Piracies.

Most people suppose that Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe received small
fortune from the sale of " Uncle Toms
Cabin" AS a matter of fact she never
realized anything but very incon-
siderable sum. The story was origin
ally written for periodical, and was
published against the advice of Henry
Ward Beecher, who told his sister that
the time for publishing such work
had not yet come. However she went
ahead, and the book was published
here and afterwards printed by Lon
don firm and put in book form But it
failed to take in England. Even the
critics of the newspapers could not be
prevailed upon to notice it. The en-
tire edition was left upon the publish
ers' hands, and they put it up in the
trade sales. The first copy went off at
penny, then another and another,
until the whole number went off at the
same price, amid the laughter and
plaudits of the spectators. But it
proved the best investment the pub
fishers ever made. The books were
read, and then there came demand
for it from all parts of the kingdom.
Edition after edition was printed, until
100000 copies had been sold. But
not single penny did Mrs. Stowe re-
ceive from the gallant and gentlemanly
Britishers. 1t was the same in other
countries-for the book was translated
into every European language-not
publisher thought of paying the author
ess. In these later days we have heard
a great deal from Charles Rea6e and
other English authors about " Ameri-
can pirates and the Yankee love for
the " almighty dollar" but no such
specimen of constituencies greed has
ever been found here to match that of
the London publishers of "Uncle
TOMS. Cabin. "-Philadelphia Record.
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The Leper Colony.

Touching at Molokai, we were af-
forded an excellent opportunity for in
specting the leper colony established
there. Many of these unfortunates
were found to be in the last stages of
the disease The sight of these poor
creatures would serve to excite the
curiosity of only the most morbid
nature. Their cheerfulness, even when
rendered incapable of locomotion by
the ravages of the disease, is somewhat
remarkable, while their number in
cludes many Europeans, the Chinese
being by far in excess of all nations.
The disease is said to be rather consti-
tutional in character than result of
cutaneous incubation, as might be
enormously supposed. Science, how
ever, has not been enabled to do much
toward relieving the sufferings of these
poor people, although their wants ap-
peared to be generously provided for
through the liberality of the govern
ment and that of foreign residents.
The disease is contagious, while the
hopeless misery of many of its victims
in Hawaii would justly excite the pity
of any beholder. One feature of the
disease, as explained by my informant,
is the fact that there are many persons
living at Molokai who for years prior
to their arrival there as patients
had been living in various parts of
the kingdom in utter ignorance of the
appalling fact that leprosy was insid-
iously attacking the system. One in
stance in point was that of an aged
Catholic priest, who discovered his
deplorabe condition only after an acct
dental breaking of a lighted lamp. 1t
followed in his case that while remov-
ing some of the hot fragments in his
effort to prevent any further damage
he found that he had lost the sense of
feeling in his right hand Instantly
divining that he was afflicted with the
dread malady, he heroically sought
refuge among others at the leper settle
ment on Molokai, where / believe
he died several years since.-Boston
Bulletin.
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The Old.Time Westinghouse.

If we would carry ourselves back to
those days, and were to approach a
New England village about nine O'Clock
on Sunday morning, we should hear
some one beating drum, or sounding
horn, or blowing a conch shell, or
possibly ringing a bell to call people to
worship. AS we came nearer still we
should see flag waving from little
built church, or Westinghouse.
Entering the village we should see
strong fence of stakes around this
meeting house and sentinel in armor
standing near it, and we should see
some of the men, as they went in, leav-
ing their muskets under his care. We
should perhaps see a cannon or two
planted near the Westinghouse, and
we should also see some strange wooden
frames not far off, these being the
stocks and the pillory, put there to pun
ish offenders. Looking at this church
itself, we should see that it had very
few glass windows, and that these had
very small and thick panes, diamond
shaped and set in leaden frames; we
should observe that the other windows
had oiled-paper instead of glass, and
we should see between the windows
the heads of wolves that had been
killed and displayed there during the
past year. If we were to look inside
the little church we should not see
families sitting together, as now, but
they would be distributed according
to age, or sex, or rank. In those days
the old men sat together in one place
in church, the young men in another,
the young women in another. The
boys sat on the pulpit stairs and in the
gallery, with constables to guard them.
Each of these constables had wand,
with hare's foot on one end and
hare's tail on the other. These were
to keep people awake, If any woman
went to sleep the constable touched
her on the forehead with the hare's tail,
but if small boy nodded he was
raped with the other end not quite
so gently. No doubt the wand was
often used, for the services were some
times three or four hours long, the SEX
ton turning the hour-glass before the
minister at the end of every hour.
The only music consisted of singing by
the congregation from metrical YER
sion of the Psalms, called "The Bay
Psalm Book" The whole number of
tunes known to the people did not ex-
coed ten. This was the Puritan form
of religious worship, and people were
not allowed to stay at home from ii, for
men called tithing-men were sent to
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GRUBS Hn npas c sEa h1 nnd 6a
Catarrh to CONSUMPTION.

Catarrh in its destructive force stands next and
undoubtedly leads ON to consumption. 1t is there
fore singular that those afflicted with this fearful
disease should not make it the object of their lives
to rid themselves of it. Deceptive remedies con-
cocted by ignorant pretenders to medical knowledge
have weakened the confidence of the great jorty
of sufferers In all advertised remedies. They he
come resigned to life of misery rather than tor
ture themselves with doubtful paatves.
But this will never do. Catarrh must he met at
every stage and combated with all might. In
many cases the disease has assumed dangerous
symptoms. The bones and cartilage of the nose the
organs of hearing, of seeing and of tasting affected
to he useless. the uvula elongated, the throat
so inhamed and irritated to produce a constant
and distressing cough.
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20
How to Run a Newspaper.

"A German newspaper recently pub
lished an amusing article upon the will
lingness of its readers to conduct its
business. The article consisted of con-
trasted passages from letters to the
editor. Thus A writes: You would
oblige your readers by publishing few
more details about the laying out of the
Hofgarten." By the same mail B says
When are you going to stop this eter-
nal subject of the Hofgarten?' G.
darkly threatens: "Your paper is so
soft it is impossible to wrap anything
up in it. If you cannot" etc. d
wheedles: "My wife uses old news
papers for cleaning windows. Could
you not arrange to have it rather
softer?" f also intimates plainly: 81
am not interested in your politics. If
you cannot give more room to local
matters and keep your politics in de-
cent bounds | shall be obliged" etc.
f will not always forbear: "Why
don't you leave this local gossip alone,
which nobody cares TO know, and in
crease the number of your foreign corr
respondents? If these changes are not
made" etc. G is of rural turn: " l
like your paper, but if you cannot be-
fore long arrange to give agricultural
news | shall be obliged" etc. II is
peremptory: Why have you no
weather forecasts? l know they are
not very reliable, but l am interested
in them, and if you cannot" etc. This
is delightfully."- like passage from the
Buchholz family. 1t shows with what
innocent complacency the reader scru-
tinizes his newspaper, as if it were pre-
pared especially for him, under penalty
of being called summarily to account
for anything which he does not APP
prove Hdrper'S Mdqazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-20

Cows MILK FOR INFANTS.-The
practice of feeding infants with cow s
milk is often disastrous. 1t contains
too large proportion of casein, whic h
forms indigestible curds and frequently
brings on serious bowel disorders. Lac
tated Food, on the contrary, is identi-
cal in effect with mothers milk, and
will prevent and cure all stomach and
bowel troubles.
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Selected Storp.
The Wind and the Stars and
the Sea.

The wind and the stars and the sea,
What song can be sung of these three,
with words that are written in lines2
All, God of the star and the sea,
The voice of the song 1t should be
The voice of the wind in the pines.
The voice of the song II should be
The voice of the coast of the sea-
Step-mother and wrecker of ships
As deep and as hoarse as the tune
Bleak Labrador sings to the moon,
With rocky and cavernous lips.
The wind and the stars and the sea,
The Arctic night knoweth the threei
No other sojourner 1t hath,
Save death and these three from of old,
To whose abode, throned in the cold,
No living thing knoweth the path.
There nothing to grieve or rejoice
Fer lifts up the sound of its voice
A world ere the birth of a soul;
A thousand long ages speed by,
Still glimmer the stars in the sky,
Still whistles the gale from the Pole.
Amid the unharvested plains,
The blossomless land where death reigns,
The wind sings of doom and of graves;
1t sings of the days when the world
Shall crumble to sand and be whirled
Like dust in the teeth of the waves.
Where ice-mountans thunder and crash,
Where frozen waves gurgle and dash,
Where love never came with its tears;
Like a lost worlds desoate cry,
Shrll sea-wind to sea and sky,
And only the ears of God hears.
-.IAne Centnr
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" 1t is a world full of pushl" she

d" 1t is world full of pushl" she
sighed.
Whatever our special vocations may
be, mans universal aim seems to be
crushing woman's best affections. /
shall 90 as companion to old Miss Trini-
ger. She has often asked me. Papa
shall have quiet iireside."
Miss Triniger," they all cried, hor-
rified.
"Oh, not Miss Trinigerl She never
sees soul, and she is so crabbed-so
selfish! Oh, not her, Emmyr'
Ct am PATIENT" said Emmy, with
the air of expectant martyrdom.
With decidedly more cheerful voice,
quavering between smile and tear,
Mary, the governess-the tender
hearted Mary-announced her inten-
tons.
CT shall marry Cousin Tom," she
said. " didn't like to be the first to
break our happy circle, but he wanted
me to marry him two months ago, so
I'll do it now"
ooh, Maryl" they exclaimed, one
after the other; " ooh, Mary, dear; we
are glad"
And then they all wept together. In
little time they dried their eyes and
looked at Oracle, who had made no
sign of delivering her resolution.
"And you, Gracie," they said;
"what will you do?'
Sisters" she replied, very quietly,
81 shall stay here"
" Here?" they echoed, in different
keys of establishment and resentment.
eyes, here! if papa needs me-" with
firm voice. So there for the time the
conversation ended.
Saturday night came and the girls
were seated around the tea-table in
ominous silence awaiting their fathers
return. As he entered alone, the girls
all arose simultaneously.
Well" he cried, with twinkle in
his eyes, "what has happened, Nellie?
No kiss for papa, any of you girls?"
And then he counted them. Begin
ming at Gerty, he called each by name,
till, reaching Amy, he cried:
"And Amy's seven! You're all here.
And what state the house is I'M"
looking quizzingly round the room
everything topsy-turvy. Been fright
ened by ghosts?" he laughed. Why,
Peggy only half opened the door to me,
and Dan never opened his lips from
the station to the hall door,"
Papa" said Gerty, severely, " why
didn't you bring her IMP"
"Who in?" And the rector's mouth
twitched.
"The new MISTRESS" replied Gerty,
with choke in her voice.
Your wife, STRIP said Sophie.
"Poor mammals successor" sobbed
Nelly.
Mrs. Martyn?" said Emmy, with
convincing simplicity.
"The widow you married, sir! " said
Oracle, reproachfully.
" And the six children!" piped poor,
weak little Amy from the sofa.
Good gracious! " cried the rector,
divesting himself of his outer coat.
I" A woman with so many individuali-
ties knew | never"
Then all in concert demanded:
"Did you not write and tell us that
you had married widow with six chill
dren?'
Yes" replied the rector, laughing
heartily; eyes, and so 1 did-but to
another man."
The only one of the resolutions kept
was Mary's. She did marry Cousin
Tom, but she always declared she had
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Mistellanp.
The WinOOski River.

1t softly flows meath leaning trees,
Green are the banks It laves;
And sweetly answers to the breeze
The murmur of Its waves.
pray thee for thy peace, calm river,
That life may gently glide
AS the tranquil food that flows forever
To the lakes fair, shining tide.
Through rocky chasms wild and deep
hear the torrent dash;
Winooskis stream DER stony steep
Doth wirl and foam and flash.
What force has worn these rocks away?
Was the power that shaped them thine?
oh riverl more than thy peace pray,
Thy patience AID strength be mine.
-Emiiy Toimdn, in New York Observe,
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DRUGGISTS ENDORSE THEM.

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LIT us treat our children as Noah
did the dove, welcoming them into the
ark of our confidence whenever they
are weary, and never putting them
upon the wing except for right pur-
poses. Then, like the dove, they will
return bringing an olive leaf y to
garland our gray hairs.
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ITCHING, sCALY, PIMPIy.

For the last year have had a species of itching,
scaly and pmply humors my face, to which have
applied a great many methods of treatment without
success, and which was speedily and entirely cured
by CUT1CURA.
MRS ISAAC PHELPS, Ravenna, o.
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look for those who were absent. They
were fined for every unnecessary abb
sence, and if they stayed away a month
together they might be put in the
stocks or into wooden cage.-T. W.
Higginson.
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A COMPLETE CIfRE.

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SALT RHEIIM Cured.

was troubled with Salt Rheum for a number of
years. so that the skin entirely came off one of my
hands from the finger tips to the wrist. tried rem.
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| commenced taking CUTfcURA REMEDIES, and now
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
WASHINGTON, VT.

rate-bll of taxes assessed ON the grand list of
A, d. 1887 against the taxpayers of Washington,
W.T. was put Into my hands for collection the 18th
day Of July, A. ID. 1881, of the following taxes:
A state tax of twelve cents ON dollar.
A town tax of seyenty-fve cents ON "A dollar
state school tax of thirteen cents a dollar
highway tax of thrty-iive cents on dollar.
And II paid ON or before the expiration of ninety
days from July s. A. ID. 1857, four per discount
will be allowed H. A. WHITE, Treasurer.
Washington, VT, July 5, 1857.
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A SUMNER COMPLAINT that cannot
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pain-cure it is surer and safer than any
other. Used internally and externally,
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IT takes two to quarrel-when one
lCOnt the other can't
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HUMoRs run riot in the blood at this
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The only one of the resolutions kept
was Mary's. She did marry Cousin
Tom, but she always declared she had
been frightened into it.
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NO MEDICINE LIKE THEM.

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